John shinn



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J. SHINN.

GURTAIN FIXTURE. No. 409,760. L Patented Aug. 27,1889 x l f UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SHINN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOABBOTT F. FULLER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,760, dated August2'7, 1889. Application filed August 23, 1883. Serial No.283,60l. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN SHINN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of 5Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in CurtainFixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fixtures for hanging curtains tocornices; and

my invention is an improvement 011 acertain patented invention, inventedby myself and Oliver M. Fagley, for which Letters Patent were issuedMarch 22, 1887, No. 359,896. In said Letters Patent that invention isthere described as consisting of running in the upper hem of a curtain ajointed bar made of wood and paper, or of metal, each section of thejointed bar being connected in the center of its length to a slidingring on the curtain- 2o pole.

This improvement consists in connecting the jointed bar and curtain byalternate sections to hooks screwed in a projecting shelf. The hooks arearranged in a straight line and such a distance apart as will cause thejointed bar to be arranged in zigzag form, as is shown in theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front View of a pair ofcurtains hung according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a top View of a pairof jointed bars. Figs. 3 are side and edge views of three sections of ajointed bar. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the hanging hooks.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through- 3 5 out the severalviews.

The jointed bar I prefer to make of wire, as shown in Fig. 3, whichshows one section formed with an eye A in the center of its length. Theother section has no eye in the center, but has an eye B at each end,which eyes are made by coiling the ends, as shown in Fig. 3. Through theeyes B the other sections are connected, as shown in Fig.3.

In putting the sections together to make a bar, I prefer to make themodd in number, so that the two end sections will each have an eye A.

E is a screw-hook, which is screwed in the shelf D. (See Fig. 1.) Thebars shown in Fig. 2 are in nine sections, and a. represents the eye ofeach alternate section. Such a bar requires five of the hanging hooks E,which hooks are screwed in the shelf D at proper distances apart.

The curtain may have a hem at the top, or the top of the curtain may beturned over the jointed bar, and as the bar is hung on the hooks E theyare partially folded, as shown in Fig. 2, which will fold and preserveregularity in the folds of the curtains.

To the edge of shelf D is tacked a fringed border F. Only one half isshown in Fig. 1. The other half is omitted, so as to show the hooks E.On the top of the shelf D is mounted a molding G.

It is obvious that any of the jointed bars shown in Patent No. 359,896may be used with this improvement.

What I claim as myin vention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

In a device for hanging and preserving regularity in the folds of ahanging curtain, the combination of shelf D, a series of hooks securedthereto, and jointed bar having each alternate hinged section thereofformed with an eye to engage said hook, as shown, de scribed, and forthe purpose specified.

JOHN SHINN.

Witnesses:

J 0s. S. BEAUMONT, J. H. BEAUMONT.

